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This was a rest week for Hinch 1’s and with the 2’s playing on Thursday night, a quiet weekend at Ballymacarn, with only the mighty Evergreens heading towards another Cup Final match after roundly beating Belfast Harlequins 4’s in the Butler Shield writes Richard Hart. Ballynahinch RFC 1st XV were…

Match Reports: The weather had a huge impact on matches across the board on Saturday with many matches postponed due to waterlogged pitches. Only Carrickfergus (whose pitches were unplayable last week) were able to defy the odds and get the River Rock Towns Cup Quarter Final played at Tom…

Armagh RFC v Ballynahinch RFC SONI Ulster Premiership Division 1 League Match Report by Richard Hart 0n 31.12.16 from the Palace Grounds. A depleted Ballynahinch RFC made the journey to Palace Grounds in Armagh to take on the full strength home team in the continuation of the SONI Ulster Premiership…

The First Trust Senior Cup continued at Ballymacarn for a still depleted Ballynahinch RFC on Saturday as the County Down side took on Rainey OB RFC and after a scrappy match, came away the victors 20-11. Hinch 2’s hosted Clogher Valley RFC in the Conference League under floodlights on Thursday…

There were two matches played on Saturday at Ballymacarn Park – Ballynahinch v Garryowen in the final round of the AIL, and Ballynahinch 3’s v Dungannon 2’s, playing for the league title writes Richard Hart. A huge supporter based turned out to help the men in Green and Blue raise…

UBL Match Report for 20 February 2016 Young Munster 7 Ballynahinch 6 Richard Hart reporting from Tom Clifford Park Young Munster dug deep to see off Ballynahinch’s challenge on a 7-6 score line in Tom Clifford Park in Limerick. With further poor weather conditions through the week, Young Munster…

Hinch Club Notes: Mini Rugby at Ballynahinch RFC continues on Saturday 6th February 2016. David Black has taken on the role of Mini Convenor and is contactable on 07760919094. Details about Mini Rugby are posted weekly on the Club Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/ballynahinchrfcofficial?ref=aymt_homepage_panel or via the Club website – www.hinchrfc.com…

Clem Bassett reports from Donaldson Park Donaghadee 3rd XV 14 Evergreens 44 Following their hard fought McCambley Cup game in Armoy, the Evergreens resumed their league campaign with a trip to Donaghadee. On leaving Hinch, there was an abundance of snow but at the seaside it seemed like a…

Terenure College 09 Ballynahinch RFC 29 (UBL) Match Report – 30.01.16 Richard Hart reports from Lakelands Park. Ballynahinch dug deep in defence to see out their first away league win since beating Dolphin in Cork last March, as they toppled Terenure College 20-9 on the plastic pitch at Lakelands Park….

Ballynahinch RFC player Aaron Cairns, pictured with Sean Murphy and Stephen Cruise from the Ulster Bank, is reminding local rugby clubs to enter RugbyForce, the Ulster Bank’s rugby initiative which provides rugby clubs throughout the island of Ireland the opportunity to win support packages to renovate their club and upgrade…

Banbridge 2’s v Ballynahinch 2’s – Match Report 28.03.15 Chris Parker reports from Rifle Park. Hinch started well against Banbridge with Martin and Phillips making telling runs into the opposition half. When Bann were penalised at a break down Harris put Hinch 3-0 ahead. Bann replied with a penalty of…

Harlequins 2s 10 Ballynahinch 2s 5 (Chris Parker reports from Deramore Park on 11 December 2014). Hinch 2nd XV suffered their first league defeat in over a year when they went down to Harlequins 2nd XV at Deramore on Thursday evening. Hinch started brightly and following a number of…

Civil Service P7’s v Ballynahinch P7’s (Report from Stormont Pavilion on 13 December 2014.) Ballynahinch RFC Mini Section travelled en masse to the grounds of Stormont to take on Civil Service RFC Mini Section on a bitterly cold December morning. Whilst performances across all Age Groups were very notable, it…

Ballymoney U14’s 0 Ballynahinch U14’s 43 (James Neil reports from Kilraughts Road on 13 December 2014.) Hinch carried recent momentum into this league encounter on Saturday and again came away with the points. Following on from last week’s display away to City of Derry, Hinch railroaded their opponents from start…